Loxahatchee woman: Nephew at Paris soccer stadium when explosions started

When Sharon Lapslay’s nephew, Micah Weaver, posted a photo on Facebook of Friday’s France-Germany soccer game at Stade de France and a comment saying he was OK, she had no idea of the attacks unfolding across Paris.

At least two explosions occurred near the stadium’s entrances and at a nearby McDonald’s restaurant during the first half of the match. They were part of a citywide attack that killed at least 127 people, according to the Associated Press.

French President François Hollande, who was at the game, was evacuated that night and Saturday called the attacks “an act of war.”

“He was right in the middle of it,” said Lapslay, a Loxahatchee resident. “The situation could have been so much worse.”

Her nephew, who worked in internet technology and was taking a break to see the world, had just left the day before from his home in Indiana, excited to see France play world champion Germany.

“When he left for the airport he said (to his mother), ‘Don’t worry, Mom. It’s not like I’m going to a third-world country,’ ” she recalled her sister telling her.

Lapslay said her nephew and his friends were staying in the suburbs but couldn’t leave the city because everything was closed down Friday night.

She said Weaver spent the night in a pastor’s home with friends, but she hadn’t gotten an update as of noon today on whether he is able to leave. Weaver planned on going to Belgium soon after his trip to Paris, but Lapslay said she doesn’t think he’ll be allowed out.